CSX Corporation CSX

What the company does

CSX Corporation is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Railroads), with a market value of $94.1B, based in the USA.

It employs about 21,900 people and has been listed since Nov 03, 1980.

CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments: rail and trucking. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations.

Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 26.5 versus 29.6 for the median of the Industrials sector in our universe (24 companies) — priced in line with its group.

Revenue is growing 12% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 21.2 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 53.49, 5% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 87% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Net debt is 1.2× shareholders' equity — high leverage.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 26 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (17 vs 2).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (1.1% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 4.3% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLI -1.9%).

The company published its quarterly report this week — see the plain-language summary above.

This week's news

• SharkNinja Leads 5 Stocks Near Buy Points With Strong Sector Tailwinds finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
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• Stock Market Week: Chips, AI Sector Dive But Other Sectors Healthy; SpaceX, Tesla, Meta In Focus finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
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  The stock market was divided this week with the AI sector tumbling but many other areas thriving. SpaceX, Tesla, Meta led huge earnings. Continue Reading source ↗

• CSX (CSX) Stock Slips As Q3 Results Show Margin Strength finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  CSX just printed its Q3 2026 scorecard and the headline reads cleaner than today's trading suggests. The stock is down about 2.5% in Friday's session, easing off a recent run, even as the railroad posted roughly US$4.0b in revenue and about US$0.57 in basic earnings per share. The real story sits in profitability.… source ↗

• Dow Jones Futures Fall After Moderna Crashes, Meta Fuels AI Meltdown. Warren Buffett Market Is Thriving. finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  The S&P 500 and Nasdaq tumbled below 50-day lines as Meta led an AI stock rout. But the Warren Buffett market is thriving. Continue Reading source ↗

• Why is CSX (CSX) stock rocketing higher today finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Why is CSX (CSX) stock rocketing higher today What happened? Shares of freight rail services provider CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) jumped 7.2% in the afternoon session after the company reported a 30% increase in third-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share as revenue rose 12% to $4.02 billion. According to a company press… source ↗

• Dow Jones Futures: Moderna Crashes, Meta Fuels AI Meltdown, But Warren Buffett Market Thriving finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  The S&P 500 and Nasdaq tumbled below 50-day lines as Meta led an AI stock rout. But the Warren Buffett market is thriving. Continue Reading source ↗

What changed since last week

• Risk flag cleared: earnings report coming up.

• The price rose 4.3% since the last summary.

• A new quarterly report was published (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026).